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Re: Mr. S Charter Services picks up X29 route from MTA cuts, w/ poor safety record |
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Posted by BusMgr on Sun Aug 22 17:38:46 2010, in response to Re: Mr. S Charter Services picks up X29 route from MTA cuts, w/ poor safety record, posted by Bill from Maspeth on Fri Aug 20 21:48:39 2010. I am not challenging the integrity of Mr.S's operators, but if he is taking over a NYCT bus route where the operators were subject to random drug/alcohol testing, are his operators subject to the same thing?My followup question: is NYCT's regulations more stringent? FTA grant recipients and sub-recipients (with certain exceptions for railroads and ferry operators regulated by the FRA and USCG) are subject to the FTA alcohol and drug regulations at 49 C.F.R. Part 655. Bus operators that are not recipients or sub-recipients of FTA grants are subject to the FMCSA alcohol and drug regulations at 49 C.F.R. Part 382. Both the FTA and the FMCSA regulations rely on the U.S. Department of Transportation alcohol and drug testing procedures at 49 C.F.R. Part 40. The New York City Transit Authority has no regulations relating to alcohol and drug testing. They may have internal practices and rules, but nothing codified as a regulations. The NYCTA regulations relate only to fares, paratransit service, and rules of conduct. See 21 NYCRR Chapter XXI. The FMCSA regulations do differ from the FTA regulations, and I think many people find the FTA regulations more stringent. But as for effectiveness I have seen no evidence of one being significantly more so than the other. |
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